Brennan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I know if you put two of the same video cards it will work I have upgraded my card but now I am getting more into working on my website so I need more space I have an nvidia and an ATI and was wondering if I could use both of them at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 If they both fit correctly in to ports, is supported by the MoBo and the OS yeah it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 sli needs 2 of the same exact cards to work (your motherboard must also support SLI) the cards have to be the same exact model and be from the same company as most companies clock their cards differently also know that SLI causes a huge bandwidth overhead adding a second videocard usually only gives a 20-30% increase in performance you can get close to that by overclocking thats the main reason why when a new videocard comes out, it is generally faster than 2 older cards in SLI the raw performing power is much less in the newer one, but the overhead of SLI causes a major slowdown and if you play a game that doesn't support SLI, you will loose performance as compared to 1 card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I don't think he wants SLI I think he wants a duel-headed system. SLI doesn't support two heads when enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennan Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 yeah I dont want SLI I just wanted to add a third monitor so I have more space to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Can we try to remeber that SLi is what nVidia does, crossfire is what AMD does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Can we try to remeber that SLi is what nVidia does, crossfire is what AMD does. [me=SomeoneE1se]remembers[/me] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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